#9CD4E9#9CD4E9

#9CD4E9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.065 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E9
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -12.97, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 20.68, 231.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0471 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.065 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9570, 60.0353, 85.9253)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E9 #E9B19C

analogous

#9CE9D8 #9CD4E9 #9CAEE9

triadic

#9CD4E9 #E99CD4 #D4E99C

tetradic

#9CD4E9 #D89CE9 #E9B19C #AEE99C

square

#9CD4E9 #D89CE9 #E9B19C #AEE99C

split-complementary

#9CD4E9 #E99CAE #E9D89C

monochromatic

#38A9D3 #6ABEDE #9CD4E9 #CEEAF4 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#9CD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#9CD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E9

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E9	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.065 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1f0',
    500: '#9cd4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e9;
$custom-light: #bbe1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8385,
    "c": 0.06452,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E9

secondary

#C47F65

accent

#4A1ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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